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Anesthesia – Top 5 Questions Asked By Patients

Salem Anesthesia

Demystifying Anesthesia: Answering the Top 5 Questions Anesthesia, the invisible hero of modern medicine, plays a crucial role in surgeries and medical procedures, ensuring patients are comfortable, pain-free, and safe. It allows patients to undergo surgeries and medical procedures painlessly and without awareness.

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EMERGENCY AT A SURGERY CENTER

The Anesthesia Consultant

You’re the anesthesiologist assigned to a freestanding ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Are you and the facility prepared for an emergency at a surgery center? Let’s examine this case study: You meet your first patient of the morning, a 75-year-old female scheduled for lateral epicondylitis release surgery on her right elbow.

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Lumbar Discectomy: The Crucial Role of Surgical Assistants in Spine Surgery

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

During the surgery, the surgeon makes a small incision and removes part of the disc to relieve pain and improve mobility. This procedure is common in spinal surgeries and offers fast recovery times for patients. To learn more about lumbar discectomy and other spine surgeries, check out this comprehensive guide on spine surgery.

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SMART GLASSES IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

including pediatric open heart surgery, and pediatric surgery involving major blood loss). In 2021 a nurse anesthetist publication looked at the use of Google Glass by seven nurse anesthetists for display of the vital signs monitor , but there were no quantitative data to examine the significance of the technology.

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CODE BLUE – WHEN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST PREMATURELY DEPARTS A FREESTANDING SURGERY CENTER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. The anesthesiologist meets the patient prior to the surgery, reviews the chart, and examines the patient.

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Streamlining the Surgical Journey with Digital Health and Wellness

Picis

Undergoing surgery can be a stressful experience. Taking Control: How Digital Tools Empower Patients Before Surgery Traditionally, pre-surgical education often involves static pamphlets and lengthy consultations. On surgery day, real-time updates can be a source of comfort for families.

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A Day in the Life of a Surgery Nurse in the Operating Room (OR)

EARN Cares

OR nurses can only care for one patient during surgery. Each day, they are assigned to an OR and assist with the surgeries scheduled in that room for the whole day. OR nurses work closely with scrub technologists (also called scrubs or scrub techs) to help surgical teams perform surgery.